Huge WordPress resources list
As of this post, I’ve relocated (and expanded) my WordPress resources listing. Previously, a small listing of WordPress blogs and some WordPress.org resources were displayed in the sidebar. These have been removed and a new page, dedicated solely to WordPress Resources has been added.
The link to the resources page can be found in the main navigation bar at the top of every page. Just click on RESOURCES to find:
Everything WordPress related
- WordPress blogs
- WordPress themes
- WordPress plugins
- WordPress community news
- WordPress contests
- etc.
I’ve not judged these resources by quality nor quantity. The resources are provided based on one criteria only—they are WordPress related. That being said…
If you own a WordPress resource, or know of a WordPress resource which is not listed on my WordPress Resources page, feel free to mention it in the comments area below and I’ll make the adjustment.
This list is not yet complete… more to come.
30 FREE Premium WordPress themes
That’s right, someone’s giving away 30 Premium WordPress themes for free. Who? My pal ChiQ.
ChiQ is the WP Theme Designer, owner, and hostess over at WPThemeDesigner.com. Her work is excellent, but the 30 themes she’s giving away are premium themes by designers from around the WordPress blogosphere.
You can enter to win simply by blogging about her contest, like I’ve done here. Be sure to check out the details here to increase your chances.
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Is that really WordPress?
WordPress’ power, flexibility and ease of use have turned it into an amazingly popular personal publishing platform.
The power and flexibility of WordPress never ceases to amaze me!
But WordPress isn’t powering only personal blogs these days. Corporate websites, news sites, online magazines, and others are powered by WordPress.
Something we’re seeing more of lately, is WordPress as a content management system (CMS). With some knowledge of how WordPress Pages work, and a few handy plugins, you too can have your very own WordPress powered content management system, or CMS.
Here’s a few screenshots from some of the finer looking sites which are currently powered by WordPress as a CMS:
WordPress as a CMS
Why use an RSS feed reader?
We all have our favorite blogs and Web sites which we read on a regular basis. If you’re like me, there’s too many to keep track of, so how do you manage to stay current on all your favorite content?
Do you visit your favorite sites regularly, one at a time to see what’s new, or do you subscribe to their RSS feeds, then view them all in one place using a Web-based RSS feed reader?
I do both, sort of
This article isn’t WordPress related, but I wanted to share something with my readers that some of you may not be aware of. Something that has helped me to stay on top of my favorite WordPress feeds with minimal hassle.
Personally, I prefer to read articles directly on the author’s site. This gives me the full benefit of seeing the content in all it’s glory, inside it’s home surroundings. Many authors put a lot of effort into their site design, and the articles s/he writes are often more pleasing to look at, and “more fitting”, when viewed in their home context.
As a Firefox user, I take advantage of Live Bookmarks. I have a toolbar across the top of my browser containing my most read RSS feeds, which looks and behaves just like a Favorites or Bookmarks lists.
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Creating a dynamic sidebar
With WordPress, it’s easy to have different sidebar content for different pages. For example, what is displayed when viewing the home page, can be different from what is displayed when viewing a post, or an archive page.
Watch the sidebar as you move around this blog and you’ll see it in action.
Currently, at WP Project, my sidebar is configured as follows:
<div id="sidebar">
<?php if (is_home()) {
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/purpose.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/featured.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/news_events.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/recent.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/recent_comments.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/resources.php');
} elseif (is_single()) {
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/featured.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/recent.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/recent_comments.php');
} else {
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/featured.php');
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/recent.php');
} ?>
</div>
Plugin review: Collapsing Objects
A new plugin, by Kieran, called Collapsing Objects is available as of 21 May 08. Collapsing Objects wraps anything enclosed in [expand] tags into a collapsible div.
EDIT: I’ve discovered that this plugin will break you XHTML compliant page by using numerical DIV IDs. The IDs are supplied by the $ran variable in the subTag function. The fix: precede the variable with an alpha character.
Collapsing Objects examples
EDIT: Examples temporarily removed. The code generated by this plugin is non-compliant. When I’ve had the time to fix it, I’ll repost the examples.
The only problem I’ve found so far is that the object, when expanded, doesn’t leave a line break between itself and the paragraph following (this paragraph). That was easily fixed though, by tossing in a double <br /> right before the closing [/expand] tag.
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